Toilet paper container and dispenser



y 7, 1935. w. H. PETERS TOILET PAPER CONTAINER AND DISPENSER Filed March24, 1954 ATI'ORN 6.

Patented May 7, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE TOILET PAPER CONTAINERAND DISPENSER William H. Peters, Castleton-on-Hudson, N. Y.,

assignor to Wheeler Paper Corporation, Albany, N. Y., a corporation ofNew York Application March 24, 1934, Serial No. 7l7,150

' 4 Claims. (Cl. 206-57) My present invention relates to containers ortainer blank which is suitably scored along the receptacles for holdingand dispensing toilet paparallel longitudinal lines a and the transverseper, paper towels, and the like, and aims to proparallel lines is, andcut through along the longivide certain improvements therein. Morepartudinal lines and transverse lines 4a, to provide 5 ticularly itrelates to'a dispensing container which the front and rear walls B andB, the side walls 5 has novel means integral therewith for support- Cand C, and theend walls D and D of the ing the container to facilitatedispensing the concontainer when the blank is suitably assembled tentstherefrom. into box-like form.

An object of the invention is to provide a de- The end wall D has a slot(1 extending com- ]0 vice of the character described, formed from apletely thereacross and centrally thereof parallel single blank ofcardboard and the like, having to the ends of the container, and alsohas formed integral reinforcing means for providing a suitaintegrallytherewith an extension portion E of a ble suspending medium for thecontainer. A furlength greater than'the length of the wall Bby therobject is to provide a carton having a disan amount e which is bestshown in Fig. 1. The

l5 pensing opening in its bottom wall, which latter portion e of theblank on its side opposite to that is made integral with the suspendingmeans so containing the scorings a and 2c is scored along as todistribute the pressure overother portions the line-4a paralielto theends of the container of the carton when withdrawing the contents andsaid line of scoring is such 1 as to divide. the therefrom. A furtherobject is to provide a device portion e into two parts, the outermostofwhich of the character described wherein the supportis slightly widerthan the inner part thereof so 20- ing means normally do not interferewith the that when the outermost part is folded down packing andshipping of the containers. along the line la the free edge thereofwillproject The foregoing and other objects of my invenbeyond the scoredline 2a for a purpose which tion I accomplish by forming the wall of theconwill presently, appear. The portion e is formed tainer having thedispensing slot therein integral with; aligned openings 2e so disposedwith rela- 25.

with the-container supporting flap or tab, and tion to-the line of fold4a that said openings will where said dispensing opening is in thebottom coincide when the outermost portion of the part 6 wall Iextendthe panel containing said wall back is folded down in the manneraforesaid.

under the rear wall of the container so as to The blank issuitably-folded along its scored project beyond the top thereof toprovide the lines a, and the flap F adliesively secured to the 30;

supporting tab th reat. I also preferably make side wall B, to provide abox-like container with said projecting tab of a length substantiallyequal open ends. The end wall D, together with its to or slightly lessthan the depth of the container extension portion, is then folded alongthe scored so that it may be doubled back upon itself to lines 2a,whereupon the end flaps M will enter provide the tab, or if desired itmay be folded into the box-like container as the extension pordown fiatagainst said top and be held in such tion E is inserted thereinto. Itwill be appreposition during packing and shipping by the top ciated thatwhen this is done the extension porflap of the carton. The inventionwill be better tion E will overlie the back B and the portion eunderstood from the detailed description which will project beyond thetop edge of said back B.

40 follows when considered in conjunction with the At this point thetoilet paper, paper towels, or 40 accompanying drawing showing apreferred emthe like, G, are introduced into the container bodiment ofmy invention, and wherein through the top thereof. This being accom-Figure l is a. plan view of a blank from which plished, the dispensingcontainer may be closed the container is formed; up for packing andshipping in either of the fol- 4.3 Fig. 2 is a perspective view of thecontainer lowing manners:-(1) The portion e may be bent mounted upon asupporting wall; back upon itself along the line of fold 4a to bringFig. 3 is an enlarged section taken substantially the openings 2e intocoincident relation and the along the plane of the line 3-3 of Fig. 2;free edge of said extension down into the con- Fig. 4 is a perspectiveView of the container with tainer, after which the top end D may befolded the supporting tab folded down and held in place along its scoredlines 211 to bring the flap J into by the top wall of the container soas to be free overlapping relation to the end of the portion 0 fromprojections; and to close the end of the container in a manner best Fig.5 is an enlarged section taken along the shown in Figs. 2 and 3. Theresulting package plane of the line 5--5 of Fig. 4. will have aprojecting tab thereon ready for Referring to the drawing let Arepresent a conmounting up hooks h Secu ed in a supporting 55 wall H orthe like, or by any other equivalent means. (2) Alternatively, theextension 2 may be folded down across the top of the containerpreferably after the end flaps 3d have been turned down, after which thetop end D may be folded down over the part e to bring the flap J intobetween the wall B and extension portion E to close the container toprovide a package free from projections as best shown in Figs. 4 and 5.

Where the dispensing container is packed and shipped in the form shownin Fig. 4 it may contain instructions on the top thereof for withdrawingthe portion e and folding it back upon itself to provide the supportingtab for the container as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

From the foregoing detailed description it will be apparent that I haveprovided a simple, economical and practical combined container anddispensing device possessing the various features described in theobjects of my invention and wherein the bottom wall of the container,which is formed with the dispensing opening therein, will be reinforcedby the extension member thereon which carries the supporting tab so thatin withdrawing the contents from said container through the dispensingslot any strain placed upon the bottom wall by such action will be inthe main borne by the supporting elements h and thus prevent the bottomof the container from opening up and discharging the contents en masse.

The invention it will be appreciated is susceptible of other detailedconstructions and uses and I therefore do not wish to be limited to theprecise construction disclosed since it will be apparent that the samemay be deviated from without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What I claim is:

1. A dispensing container formed from a unitary blank of sheet materialscored to define areas constituting front, back and side walls with asupplemental attaching strip and top and bottom walls when the containeris set up, the bottom wall having a dispensing slot therein and anextension portion overlying the inner face of an adjacent wall and of alength to project beyond the top of saidadjacent wall, said projectingportion of said extension being bent back upon itself and having itsfree edge extending into the container to provide a supporting tabtherefor.

2. A dispensing container formed from a unitary blank of sheet materialscored to define areas constituting front, back and side walls with asupplemental attaching strip and top and bottom walls when the containeris set up, the bottom wall having a dispensing slot therein and anextension portion overlying the inner face of an adjacent wall and of alength to project beyond the top of said adjacent wall, saidprojecting'portion of said extension being of a length no greater thanthe depth of the container and being bent back upon itself along a lineto bring its free edge back into the container to provide a supportingtab therefor.

' 3. A foldable cardboard box-like dispensing container formed from aunitary blank and normally free from projections when set up and havingits bottom wall integral with an extension portion which overlies anadjacent wall of the container and of a length to project beyond the topof the container, said projecting portion of said extension being of alength no greater than the depth of the container and being normallyheld under the top of said container by the top wall thereof, and saidextension member being adapted to: be withdrawn from beneath saidcontainer top and bent back upon itself to provide a supporting tab forthe container.

4. A cardboard dispensing container formed from a single blank ofmaterial bent into box-like form, having a body portion closed at fourparallel edges and open at its ends whereat it is provided with flaps toprovide end-closures, the flap at the bottom of the container having adispensing opening therein and being of a length to provide anend-closure for the container and to extend inwardly over one of the boxwalls beyond the opposite end thereof a distance not greater than thedepth of the end-closure, said projecting portion being normally foldeddown and held in place by the closure flap at said end and said foldeddown flap projection being adapted to be withdrawn from said positionand to be bent back upon itself into substantially the plane of theportion thereof which overlies the box wall to provide a reinforcedprojecting tab for supporting the container.

WILLIAM H. PETERS.

